{"product_id":"the-fly-room-the-story-of-the-scientists-who-discovered-genetics-and-reinvented-evolution-hardcover","title":"The Fly Room: The Story of the Scientists Who Discovered Genetics and Reinvented Evolution - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Dejong-Lambert\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe story of the scientists who invented genetics and proved the theory of evolution\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Fly Room \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of Nobel Prize-winning biologist Thomas Hunt Morgan's laboratory at Columbia University where, in the early twentieth century, he presided over a handful of students and a roomful of fruit flies who taught him that everything he thought was true was wrong, and everything he thought was wrong was right. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore Morgan's time, Charles Darwin's theory of evolution was regarded as a subject unworthy of serious scientific study--not something you would hear discussed in a laboratory. In its place rose the dark specter of eugenics, with its attendant sinister ambitions to create a superior human race. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Morgan and his students, by experimenting with and breeding fruit flies, invented genetics, which would eventually lead to the refutation of the theory of eugenics and prove Darwin's theory of evolution right. Meanwhile in Soviet Russia, a country convulsed by revolution, genetics came under attack, forcing researchers to seek refuge in the United States and discover for themselves the scientific breakthroughs taking place in Morgan's laboratory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBoth a collective biography of the men and women who pioneered the field of genetics, as well as a history of how genetics was invented and proven to be the science of evolution, \u003ci\u003eThe Fly Room\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling read about a fascinating branch of science whose innovations benefit us to the present day.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam deJong-Lambert is Professor of History at Bronx Community College, CUNY. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cold War Politics of Genetic Research: An Introduction to the Lysenko Affair\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe New Biology: Lysenkoism in Poland\u003c\/i\u003e. With Nikolai Krementsov, he is the co-editor of the two-volume collection \u003ci\u003eThe Lysenko Controversy as a Global Phenomenon.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.3 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 22, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67960957436125,"sku":"9781606181560","price":41.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/hiQyiLEYbS9781606181560.webp?v=1790833891","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-fly-room-the-story-of-the-scientists-who-discovered-genetics-and-reinvented-evolution-hardcover","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}